Triumph of the city : how our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier, and happier /
A pioneering urban economist offers fascinating, even inspiring proof that the city is humanity's greatest invention and our best hope for the future.
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New York :
Penguin Press,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Our urban species
- What do they make in Bangalore?
- Why do cities decline?
- What's good about slums?
- How were the tenements tamed?
- Is London a luxury resort?
- What's so great about skyscrapers?
- Why has sprawl spread?
- Is there anything greener than blacktop?
- How do cities succeed?
- Flat world, tall city.